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meaner condition than others, and confe- 

 quently had lefs Temptation to corrupt and 

 ieduce them, than thofe that did more a- 

 hound in thefe earthly things ; of whom 

 our Saviour faith, It is hard for a rich Man 

 to enter into the Kingdom of God. 



It may further be objected by thole of 

 the loweft rank of poor : We are as it 

 were condemned to perpetual Poverty; 

 our condition is fo mean , and our charge 

 fo great, and the gain fo fmall and incon- 

 fiderable, which comes in by our utmoft 

 Labor and Induftry, that it will fcarce fuf- 

 fice to provide things abfolutely neceflary 

 for the fupport of our felves and depen- 

 dents ; fo far are we from any poflibility of 

 mending our Eftates, or growing rich. 



To Thefe I anfwer, That we do not fay, 

 That all that are truly religious fliall cer- 

 tainly grow rich, let their Circumilances be 

 what they will ; but only that obedience to 

 God's Commands is the mod likely way 

 of improving and advancing a man's Eflate, 

 that hath means and opportunities of gain- 

 ing; which though God hath denied thee, 

 yet haft thou no reafon to be difcontented 

 with thy Condition, or to complain that 



thou 



